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October 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after…
October 16, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Even Republicans had expected Booker, a Democrat in a Democratic-leaning state, to cruise to victory by…
October 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A Detroit city official has resigned after allegedly asking if he could 'shoot someone in a hoodie'...
October 16, 2013
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — Cory Booker, the high-profile Democratic mayor of New Jersey's largest city, was on the ballot…
October 15, 2013
OPINION - Cory Booker promised to rescue our city when he was elected mayor of Newark in 2006. I believe…
October 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Needless to say, referring to the African-American community as 'the blacks' is considered dismissive, and in some…
October 15, 2013
OPINION - Like some of their Somali analogues, the Republicans have been ignorant about how to navigate the government shutdown...
October 15, 2013
NBC NEWS - 'Diversity' is on the rise in America and people are 'very anxious' about it, according to a…
October 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The current discussion inside Newark's distinctive, deep-rooted and often divisive wards is who should follow Booker and…
October 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The agreement on the table now means the Republicans will have taken a risky political stance, suffered…
October 15, 2013
OPINION - The question people are asking is whether the budget cuts to the Philadelphia School District killed 12-year-old Laporshia…
October 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both President Barack Obama and the top Democrat in Congress reported progress Monday toward a deal to…
October 14, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — A contractor convicted of tag-teaming with a Detroit mayor to commit corruption worth millions was sentenced Friday…
October 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Tea Party and conservatives have been criticized for years for conflating President Obama and the Muslim…
October 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A crowd converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, pushing through barriers Sunday…